Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-25
WALKlNG On NATER.
Tna Pr0manado an Inventive FrC1chma2
Took On The SchuyikiN.

philadelphia Press
AlphoEs2, h,Gg OF France, took 8
promenade upon the SchuYlkiu river, iQat
7eIow G.rarl Avenue 6-j3Se, ye5terdaP,
afternoon, standing upon shoes built to
represent big goi6h5bes. IL wGlkcd nalis
Wv across the stream, sud was COM
peeled 70 abandon the boots, because EAe
baggage smasbers who handled them OF
'hrir way 80 tbs city haj made them
loahy, ani they would hGyc sunk If the
walker hG5 no. climbed on. CT them into
6 host.
Mr.. King IS genius who for some
years has studied the SRI Of walking upon
the water. lie mss patented psir Of
boots LIT Secm 10 Ia I'LL MS require
. mGUts. they ace mace u tn, taIrJy-sWo
Inches loCg, eigat deeD and niEe wide
each The in is fashioned into the shape
If 8 goljh aud pointed TO rep
resent that animal. At the bottom
are g series o. little stats Ike
those on Venetian blinds Wnen fle
boots s7a progeiled forward taey offer
no Resistance 10 The water, because they
close up, but on TIE backward stroke they
open and give 3 leverage power like thai
az oars. Ia This respeC- The X ng system
seems 70 De a4e24 Of anything else. i
e8s1ly= mGU 10 stroll
CD She wa r'5 surface a.
the rate Of about two miles N hour.
GOING LIKE 4 SKATER.
/ The water walker "a . young son #
Gaul, slim, tall s4d adorned ~i,h black
m0uslache and nervous temperament
He came DOM TO tie river sscOTtinG g
wagon, il which were his various ma.
Chimes. few p2rk guards, 2 Juvenile
+ base ban club tbac had been playing or
he river shore sad some wandering
visitors from the 100 gathered 10
see the exhibition. King cot into
the shoes, which weigh eight pounds
each, on tie shore, and pushed GU. irtO
the wGter, followed By 3 boatful of ne VS.
paper men, roWed by Press reporter
The walker was dressed in black clothes,
silk hat and Prince Albert coat. Just be-
fore ne set out his pretty vie buttOned
on 10 his sEkles g pair Of rubber GsiteTS
TO keep him dry. TIE walker co. along
well on the river, proceeding with 1 sor.
Of gliding motion, something like that
used hv g Skater.
The Press boat followed him, padding
easily, aud When the exhibitor got hall
way across he was compelled to get into
iuc OUR JGSauSC LAlS vOOLS 6C1C LCal Y
full e water Then Mr.. King gave sn.
other exhibition with his m.Tine bicycle.
Tbs Is S mschire consisting OF two Tin
cylinders ike those used on lie Tat55
Between them Is bu.ic al apparatus liz
that Of an ordinary bicycle, only thaJ uat
dies are attached 70 The wheel. Above
the saddle is handle, which works s
rudder placed behind the sea-. WIZ
this machine Mr., King vent Sioug so fas
nat the Pres boat could No more tlaI
keep up with him.
This rem rkaole gentleman, w10 j.
ce.I-d s, "M0cl&I 4IaTvei," once WalhGt
500 fe-5 OF me Niagara river for ,
aaEer. During tie feat ne turned ups.4t
down ana wa5 rescued wiCl GifiCUi :
lie has Ken strOII5 on NV \ lCb Bay,
the mississippi & B5tCn Rouge. the OH,
at Cincinnati. Lake Superior, Rome CiU
4 Lsk5, Dell Lake, San Francisco t. Oak
land. the R2iG7, Selae, IhsIneS spd Med
iterranexn On all # these he has foun-
The We kjrg good. In enc of his circular
ne hOI IS forth tle hope that Camdenlte
VIII one DAY cross the Delaware withou
reference to the ferries.
Robert Barclay of the New York S:ocl
Exchange has bet Hing $1,000 thht ne Cal
not walk from BedlOe's island, on whic,
the Statue ofLiberty stands gestiCulating
TO the Brooklyn anchorage OF the Eas
river bridge. The distsnce Is three an
i quarter miles, and the wager will 81
walked off within month.